Cosmetic container



Sept. 9, 1952 F. R. BOOK, JR

COSMETIC CONTAINER Filed Aug. 15, 1950 1 III ll 1 1 IUHNHH WI ,9- 99Mdiior fy Patented Sept. 9, 1952 OFFICE;

; COSMETIC; CONTAINER- FrederickR. Book, J12, Waterville, 001111.,assign'or to The Eyelet Specialty Company, Waterbury;

Conn.

' s ll-Instru ents; 15, 1950,, Serial No. 179,420

2Claims. (01.2065-56) invention relates to holders or containers forcosmetics. and particularly those whichare pr-ovide djin stick form;suchjas lipsticksandthe like; i

One of therobjects of the invention is to provide a holder or containerofthis character of simple form, which" may be 'inexpensively made andeconomically sold and which will be'provided with a minimum of parts yetshall be positive and eifective in operationand can be operated with onehand. i i V More particularly, the invention contemplates the provisionof an outer'or body shell of tubular form, closed at one end and openatits other end, and having a=cosmeticcup or lipstick holder slidablymounted within the body shell and being thus capable of movement towardor away from the openend ofthe. same; The bodygshell is provided in itsside wall. with an aperture bounded by a pair of laterally-extendinglugsor ears within which is rotatively mounted a roller that projectsthrough the aperture in the wall of the body shell and has itsperipheral edge in frictional contact with the surface of the cosmeticcup, thus providing an arrangement by means of which rotative movementof the roller will cause the cosmetic cup to be advanced or retracted,such movement being limited by stop means provided on the cosmetic cup.

With these and other objects to be hereinafter set forth in View, I havedevised the arrangement of parts to be set forth and more particularlypointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cosmeticcontainer constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a viewtaken at right angles to Fig. 1 of the container, with its closure capremoved and the cosmetic carrier or cup advanced to expose the cosmeticout of the open end of the body shell; Fig. 3 is a sectional view takenon the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4is a side elevation of the cosmetic carrier or cup; Fig. 5 is asectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, looking in the directionof the arrows, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view on a slightly enlargedscale, taken on the line 6-8 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of thearrows.

Referring to the drawing, I indicates the body shell of the container,the same being of cylindrical form and preferably composed of metal,plastic or other suitable material. At one end, the body shell I isclosed as indicated at 2, and the same is provided with an opposite openend 3 out of which the cosmetic material, which might be lip reuse orother cosmetic, or' othermaterial in tory to application to the lips.

The lipstick or other cosmetic material A is. mounted in a holderconsisting of a carrier or cup 5shown most clearlyin Fig. 4: It will betherein" noted" that this carrier is of tubular cup-shaped form andisprovided with a centraLreduced-distick form and shown at 4, is pliiected preparaameter portion 6. At its forward end it'is provided with alarger-diameter .part I in which the cosmetic stick tisgfittedandfromwhich it pro trudes. At the opposite end of the carrier-is fltteda closure plug 8 which c'losessaid end of the j carrier and forms alargediameter part I6 cor responding in diameter to thatportionindicated at] located at the opposite end" of the carrier; Thefllarge-diameteri portions 1 and 8 are of a size that the same closely fitwithin the body shell I but'permit easy slidable movement of saidcarrier within the shell and in a direction axially of the shell. Suchslidable movement serves to either advance the carrier to expose itscosmetic material 4 out of the open end 3 of the shell, as indicated inFigs. 2 and 3, or else retracts the cosmetic material within the shelland permits the placement of the cover or closure cap 9 over the openend 3 of the shell.

The means for moving the cosmetic carrier or cup in the mannerdescribed, consists of a roller HI preferably composed of soft rubber orother suitable resilient material. Said roller I0 is provided with anaxle or pin I I rotative in laterallyextending lugs or ears I2 formedout of material of the body shell I, such material being provided by theformation of an aperture I3 in the side wall of the shell I. The axle IIcan be rotative in these ears or the axle can be fixed and the rollerrotative on it. The aperture I3 permits the protrusion of a portion ofthe edge or periphery of the roller into the shell I and into frictionalcontact with the surface of the reduced-diameter portion 6 as shown atI8. This arrangement is such that when the roller is manually rotated bysliding movement of the thumb held against it, it will, through itsfrictional contact with the surface of the cosmetic carrier or cup 5,cause said carrier to be advanced toward the open end 2 of the shell orelse retracted into the shell, according to the direction of rotation ofthe roller.

The provision of the closure plug 8 at the inner end of the carrier,results in the formation of an annular shoulder I4 near the inner end ofthe carrier or cup 5 and said shoulder acts as a stop or abutment thatcomes into contact with the roller I when the carrier or cup is moved toits limit of advancement out of the shell I and prevents furtheradvancing movement of the carrier. The portion 1 also has a shoulder l5at its inner end which may act as a stop against the roller to limit theretracting movement of the carrier 5 within the shell I, or thisretracting movement can be halted by the inner end of the carrier cominginto contact with the closed end 2 of the shell I.

From the foregoing, the operation of the cosmetic container will beapparent. By manual rotative movement of the roller [0, produced bysliding movement of the thumb held against it,

the roller will, by its frictional engagement against the surface of thecosmetic carrier, cause said carrier to be advanced or retracted asdesired, the advancing movement of the carrier being limited by theshoulder I4 coming into contact with the roller. Through the arrangementdescribed a simple and economical structure is provided which issmoothand effective in operation, requiring the use of only one hand foradvancing or retracting of the lipstick.

While I have herein described the improved structure for use inconnection with lipstick, it is obvious that the same may be used forother materials and purposes, such uses being intended;

as within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

What I claim is: 1. A cosmetic container comprising, a tubular open atthe other end, a cosmetic cup of cylindrical form closely fitting andslidably mounted within the shell,said cup being provided with arearwardly-extending stem of less diameter than the cup and ofcylindrical form, said stem having a disk shaped head at its end remotefrom the cup, said disk shaped head being of a diameter substantiallythe same as that of the cup and Of. greater diameter than the stem, asoft roller rotatively mounted onthe outside of the shell, the shellhaving an aperture through which the roller partly protrudes to enterinto the shell and frictionally contact the stem of the cosmetic cup,

the cup and the headon the stem acting as stops REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 7 Date .7

Number Name 847,688 Plummer 'Mar. 19, 1907 958,577 Baker et a1 May 17,1910 2,451,017 Garrett May 4, 1948

